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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1997, 5:44 PM CDT for Leake County, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1997, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1997, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Carthage, MS | Several automobiles and roofs were damaged. |
| May 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Philadelphia, MS | Several small trees were blown down. |
| May 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Singleton, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 142247 RRA TORJAN MSC079-099-142330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 544 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY AT 542 PM A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 35 ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINBURG MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD REACH EDINBURG ABOUT 605 PM AND PASS NEAR THE PHILADELPHIA AREA BY 620 PM. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. < 75 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 49 min |
| May 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 38 min |
| May 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 52 min |
| May 14, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 50 min |
| May 14, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 41 min |
| May 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 31 min |
| May 14, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| May 14, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 52 min |
| May 14, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 54 min |
| May 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 39 min |
| May 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.